Relationship Status: Single (tried the marriage avenue twice but those roads were filled with potholes and pinhead turns and finished on dead ends).

Fear: Motion Sickness is the only real fear about going, but then again it never stopped me from joining the navy.

Reason To Go: I always wanted to be an astronaut when I was growing up. Mars is our next stepping-stone as a race and I want to leave my mark on society by giving true purpose to my life.

Mission Statement: I’d like to be involved in the science of the mission and the documentation of the day-to-day aspects of colony life.

Mike Carlson

Age: 28

Occupation: High school math teacher.

City: Toronto

Relationship Status: Single

Fear: Dying before I reach my potential.

Reason To Go: There is no better way to serve humanity.

Mission statement: I will support this mission in its development and implementation. I will serve humanity to the best of my abilities.

Maiesha Abdelmoula

Age: 22

Occupation: Student

City: Toronto

Relationship Status: Single

Fear: Is more about what I’d be missing on Earth than the mission itself. I’m afraid of missing out on all the amazing biodiversity on Earth and not experiencing it.

Reason To Go: I have a deep interest in humans co-existing with their natural environment, but I’m afraid we’ll leave Mars worse off just as we have Earth.

Mission Statement: I hope to allow for a more positive relationship between our species and the space we inhabit.

Christy Foley

Age: 33

Occupation: Strategic Planner

City: Edmonton

Relationship Status: Married

Fear: That one member of my group changes their mind or gets into an accident and can’t go which means I don’t get to go because of something I have no control over.

Reason To Go: To explore, discover, learn, improve human life and to inspire.

Mission Statement: I hope to inspire humans to live within their means on earth and inspire children to work towards their dreams.

Norm Green

Age: 37

Occupation: Customer service representative at SherWeb Inc.

City: No comment

Relationship Status: Divorced

Fear: That it becomes a one-time event that does not promote scientific interest in exploration, and that it becomes an argument for skeptics.

Reason to go: It’s a calling, placing me as a member of a team that influences mankind’s scientific research, and view of itself in the universe.

Mission Statement: To promote a better future through sciences research.

Alexandre Lutsenko

Age: 22

Occupation: Student

City: Grande Prairie, Alta.

Relationship Status: Single

Fear: No fears, I trust in the preparations of the team.

Reason To Go: Life is being threatened by overpopulation, pollution, and energy demands (to name a few). Colonizing Mars would go a long way in the way of discovery towards these and other problems as we work on efficient self-sufficient living.

Mission Statement: There will be adventure and joy in realizing a successful and lasting multi-planetary species, which is enough for me to give the Mars-One project my whole. Everything else will be sweet, sweet frosting.

Andrew Radar

Age: 35

Occupation: Aerospace engineer, YouTuber. author and game designer

City: Ottawa

Relationship Status: Unmarried

Fear: That it may be difficult to convince the world that this is a worthy venture to invest in, and that it may be beyond the capabilities of a small private company to raise the necessary funds.

Reason To Go: I think helping humans to move towards becoming a multi-planetary species is the best way to spend your life at the beginning of the 21st century — and I want to take part.

Mission Statement: I hope to be a part of the process by which we learn to live permanently and sustainably on another world for the first time in the history of our species.

Marina Miral

Age: 31

Occupation: Author

City: Vanderhoof, B.C.

Relationship Status: Single

Fear: My biggest fear right now is actually dealing with all the publicity. I tend to keep to myself so having everyone know who I am would be surreal! Hopefully I’ll get used to it.

Reason To Go: I have always had a deep desire to explore. Growing up loving science fiction shows like Star Trek, I always felt rather cheated that I would never be able to go to space or see another world for myself.

Mission Statement: Well, like Captain Picard says, “to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and (probably not) new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before!”